The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-26 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1864. It has long been considered a desirable thing to assimilate, as far as possible, the method of admini stration throughout the three kingdoms. Ever since the famous union of the Parliaments, accomplished by aid of Lord CASTLEREAGII'S good offices, events have been tending more and more towards a com plete identity of government, and the removal of those local barriers which ancient custom or pre sent indifference mly have placed in the way of that prompt and effective system of government which is what Englishmen chiefly desire to possess for themselves. Whatever difference of opinion there may be respecting the principles of political or social role, there can be little divergence in the vi ews of those who betake themselves to the amend ment of the law, at least in the objects which they are desirous of accomplishing. All must desire, as jar as practicable, to possess a simple and compre hensive le gal administration, encumbered as little as m ay be with unnecessary courts and officials, and rendered as little costly as it is possible for such a department to be. But however much unity there may be with regard to the objects to be attained, when it comes to the details there is always plenty of room for difference of opi n i on. Even if persons profess the same wishes th ere are always two ways of carrying them oat , and accord gly the attempt now made to alter the administration of the Chancery Court in Ireland is oppoud by some and criticised by others. M r . upon th e recommenda tions Bill is framed tions of the several commissions which have been sopcioted on this subject. In 1854 it WP.9 recom mended th a t th e system of masters in Ireland should be abolished, and that the equity system should be assimilated to that of this country; S o late as 1862 another Royal Commission came to the unanimous con?lusion that the assimilation of the equity jurisprudence of Ireland and England was highly desirable. The principal features of Mr. O'HAGAN'S measure aro the appointment of chief clerks; the abolition of the three out of the pre■ sent four Masters in Chancery ; the reform of process and procedure in the Irish Court of Chan cery ; and some alteration in the matter of fees and stamps. There are, of course, a great num ber of miscellaneous details in the bill, but such are the chief outlines. It is proposed to select the chief clerks from the profession of solicitors accord ing to English custom, cr from the examiners in Chancery, whose offices would be abolished by the bill. The latter plan would, we should consider, be the fairest, since these gentlemen will lose their present appointments through no fault of their own. The entire existing staff will according to Mr. O'HAGAN be still employed, 1,111 no new officers will be created, with the exception of the Vice- Caanceilor and the chief clerks. It is in tended that the Court of Equity shall consist of the three principal authorities, of the Lord Chan cellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Master of the Rolls, with two chief elerks—one for the Vice-Chancellor, one for the Master of the Rolls. In this, as will be seen, the example of England has been followed, and it is proposed to assimilate the practice of the Irish Court to that of the English in all respects. It remains to be seen whether the measure will be passed in its entirety, or whether subsequent examination will not show some necessity for im provement or modification. Mr. WeerrEslDE, no mean authority, objected to it on several grounds, and declared that it was in a great measure opposed to the beneficial changes introduced by Sir JOHN ROMILLY some years ago. The public will, pro bably, agree with the right hon. gentleman in thinking that ample time should be allowed for the consideration of a matter of such importance, affecting the:welfare and happiness of such count less numbers. Such measures cannot be hurried through Parliament without detriment to the objects which they rrofess to serve, and since it is a ease in which, however necessary an eventual reform may be, an immediate change cannot be urgent, we trust that full and fair time will be given for the consideration and consolidation of this important legal change. One of the least obtrusive but certainly one of the most appropriate of the festivals which com memorated the birth of SHAKSPERE was the "Aator'a Celebration" last Friday night. As the ; company assembled shortly after midnight it may be said that they were the first to celebrate the great occasion. The speeches were characterised with great good feeling, and it was a very pleasant idea to associate with the day that so many could sink prejudices, and banish jealousies, and come forward to do honour to the memory of the im mortal bard in a spirit worthy of the occasion. Mr. BIICKSTONE proposed "The birth of SHAKE SPERE," a suggestive subject i❑ itself, and one which in his hands became doubly impressive. Sometimes the mere mention of ordinary everyday occurrences bring before us the relative merits and important associations of a theme more effectively than the grandest sounding words or the most high-flown phrases. Thus, when Mr. BUCKSTONE made allusion to the birth of a baby boy in the low-roofed room at Stratford-upon-Avon he put before his hearers a picture of everyday existence simple and commonplace. He then went on to trace the combination of ideas and the train of thought in connection with this event, and emphatically declared concerning the mother's feelings that she never dreamt of the immortality awaiting the little stranger, " never thought that • that boy would not be of any ago but of all time-- that he who could but murmur inarticulate sounds would live to give a paetic and lasting lustre to the English tongue it had never known before, and bequeath to England those imperishable plays that have made our country's drama the noblest in the world." Such thoughts are worthy the occasion for which they were uttered, and reflect great credit on him who so skilfully, yet so simply, put them forward. It is, indeed, most appropriate to consider the blank that would have existed in our language and literature had this infant never appeared on the scene, or ❑ever lived to strut his hour on the stage of life. Mr. BUCKSTONE was also very happy in his allu sion to the unity that appeared among the company, and the large gathering of English actors was, in deed, a good offering to lay at the shrine before which all were to bow in reverent homage and wor ship in proud devotion. It was an assembly the lake of which had never been before, and certainly a better occasion could not have been found for it. There is nothing more delightful than to witness unity reigning among a band of workers. It is, however, well known that from various unhappy causes the actors, as a body, have never heartily co operated with each other or harmoniously consorted in large bodies. This has been a bright except:on to a rule that it was most desirable to break, and it must be remarked that the unity which reigned paramount on this festive occasion, found a striking contrast to the want of goodwill and the lack of cordiality which have appeared in some other ar rangements that were made far the same great oc casion. Mr. WEBSTER'S speech on the "Immortal Memory of Shakepere" was very excellent and en tirely imbued with the sentiments most fitted for the theme, When he said that the " kingdom of genius is the greatest inheritance on earth," he spoke of a truth which cannot be too fully recog. nised, and ho gave a glorious illustration in the hero of the hour. What King ever sat in such state as SHAKSPERE enthroned in the hearts of all man kind ? This is the true way :o look on such a subject, and the real and right appreciation of him who was indeed " a dear son of memory and a great heir of fame." It is a welcome sight amid the tur moils of existence to notice these little landmarks on the way-side, which serve to refresh and reani• mate the pilgrim in his course. A meeting like that referred to is a most delightful retrospect, and one that does honour to all concerned. Long will it live in the thoughts and recollections of those who were there, and it is to be trusted that the spirit of unity which then prevailed may live on now the occasion is over, and thus form a most graceful testimony to the influence of the great departed. If so, a very appropriate recollection will be kept of the time, and the most enduring memory will illumiue the associations of " The hallowed morn when WILL was born In the spring time of the year." In the sixtenth century, when the population of Europe was becoming very considerable, and the forests of necessity gradually fading away, those who took the trouble of considering the possible position of after generations were sorely puzzled as to what they would do for fuel. Although the existenceof coal was well known, and its inflammable properties understood, it was never supposed that it could he procured i❑ sufficient quantities to meet the requirements of an ever-increasing population. That era passed away, the world seemed to be pro vided with an inexhaustible supply of fuel. Again a doubt arose, steam machinery and manufactures so increased the demand for the ar►icle, that in spite of all the improvements in mining that science could bring to bear, doubts were entertained as to the possibility of procuring sufficient coal to meet the general demand. In fact, geologists have taken the trouble to calculate the probable extent of the coal fields both of this country and the continent of Europe, and have even fixed the period when they will be exhausted. We are allvery clever in our own generation, but we know not what the morrow will bring forth ; while the sages have been puzzling their heads to find a substitute for coal for their grandchildren's great grandchildren, accident has solved the problem. Petroleum, which was disco vexed in North America, springing up from the earth, is an oil of a highly inflam mable nature, in fact it is of so gaseous a nature that, like all mineral oils, it is liable to explode when heated. As a matter of course, as soon as he existence of this oil was discovered, companies were formed io " work it," and wells were sunk in favourable localities, to tap, as it were, Nature's head. Indeed some of these ventures were so suc cessful that the workmen stood aghast at the results of their own handiwork, for having struck the vein or artery, or whatever it is called, the oil rushed up to the surface with such force, and in such quan tities that it was impossible to secure it, and hun dreds and thousands of gallons ran to waste. Petro leum oil has now become a staple of trade, and large quantities are regularly imported into this country. There is, therefore, a very possible sub stitute for coal for our successors. The extent of the supply is, of course, yet hidden from us ; but as wo cannot fix a limit, we may safely leave the con sideration of that question to future generations. The American Government, ever alive to the re quirements of the moment, have instituted a com mission to consider whether petroleum oil can be made available for the generation of steam. This committee, in a preliminary report, have informed the United States Government that petroleum oil possesses double the heating power of coal, can be stored in far less space, and is of proportic lees specific gravity ; but they have not yet ex pressed their opinion on its adaptability for marine engines, wishing to verify their theories by experiment before presenting their report. Petro leum oil is produced in large quantities in Canada. It is surely of as much importance to this country as to America to provide her ships with the most available fuel which can be procured. The Ameri cans are endeavouring to counteract the dangerous elements of this new oil, and render it available for their steamers. Why should not the British Admi ralty set experiments on foot to arrive at a similar result. Surely we are not to wait until a foreign Government has made a discovery and turned it to advantage, before we set about working for our selves. In justice to the Board of Admiralty, we must say that they have shown more alacrity in taking up the twin screw system than has hereto fore characterised their movements. A new launch is being built for the Bombay, fitted with two screws. Now the drawback to providing ships with steam power is the difficulty found in stowing sufficient coals for a cruise of any length of time ; but if petroleum oil could be substituted, a ship could not only carry four times the quantity of fuel which she can at present, but her speed might be materially augmented. At all events the experiment is worth trying. The objection which will naturally be raised against the substitution of petroleum oil for coals in ships is its inflammable nature and the possibility of explosion. This may no doubt be hereafter provided against, but until that time comas, there can be no harm in trying the experiment upon a few ships' launches, when, in case of any accident, the boat's crew could pitch the whole cargo overboard in a few minutes. In these go-ahead times England ought not to watch the march of progress, but to lead it. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, RE-APPEARANCE OF STELLA COLAS. A brilliant audience assembled last evening to welcome Mdlle. Stella Colas back to the metropolis. The highly gifted lady made her re-appearance as Juliet, and her whole performance more than confirmed the high opinion we ex pressed of her abilities last season. She is, in fact, the only Juliet that has appeared since the days of Miss O'Neil, be cause we have, in Mdlle. Colas, youth and beauty, accom panied by every elegance of art, heightened by a keen and perceptive intelligence, and united with a reverence for the majestic words and thoughts of her incomparable and im , mortal author. Honour, high honour to the lady, for though she speaks every line in the text, she delivers them with such grace, taste, and pathos that those which have been looked upon by others as deformities at her hands be come beauties that glitter as they fall. Her foreign tour has somewhat matured her juvenile appearance and strengthened her in health ; but in other respects her acting, if any, is rather increased than diminished In finish and effect, In Mdlle. Colas we have an actress gifted with a vivid, intense, and apprehensive imagination, one intent on giving meaning and intensity to every epithet, and if in rare instances she fails to charm the ear, it is through no fault of her own, but wholly, solely, and entirely through that which time and only time may in some degree efface—vic, her inability to pronouuce the English language. It is, however, wonderful that the lady succeeds so well, but if it were otherwise, we are amongst those who would gladly accept her Juliet, because were we to get the pure accent in another, most certainly we should not have a creation half as sweet, gentle, beautiful, and womanly as that of Stella Collas. The balcony scene again created all that enthusiasm and admiration it evoked on her first', Bp , pearance, and in truth, it must be said, she held her and f ence as spell-bound as her lover Romeo. Her appearance as she breaks through the rosy trellis work to feast her eyes upon her lover was a striking and masterly performance, and ono that will long remain impressed upon the memory of every person present. Then, again, her girlish im patience to hear the result of the Nurse's mission to her lover was another fine effect, but the scene in which her acting rises to perfection, is that in which she listens to the project of Friar Lawrence to save her from her hated union with Paris. The applause which followed this fine dramatic effort was immense, and never was the unstinted approbation more richly deserved. We can only sum up our admiration by saying that the Juliet of I%Jadlle. Colas is a performance that every lover of Shakspore must witness. We shall not attempt to record the number of " calls" the lady received during her arduous performance, but had they been tenfold she would have de served them all. Mrs. H. Marston's Nurse was worthy of high commendation, but the lady has perception and ability, and therefore she invariably identifies herself with any part she is called upon to sustain. The Mercutio of Mr. Vining has become rather too boisterous. A little moderation would undoubtedly improve it, though yet withal it is a praiseworthy performance, Mr. J. Nelson's Romeo was a complete and utter failure; it was singularly deficient in taste, feeling, and discrimination, and proved most unmis takably that Shakspere is far beyond this gentleman's reach. One would have thought that with such, a Juliet some sort of warmth of feeling might have bean awakened ; but not in one instance did Mr. Nelson respond to the impassioned and loving outpouring of the sweet and gentle Juliet. Mr. Mellon's Capulet was absurdly ridiculous; and as to Mr. Sayton's Tybalt, it resembled the ravings of a lunatic rather than that of a Venetian gentleman. Mr. Forrester's Friar Law rence was passable, and the same may be said of Mr. D. Fisher's Peter; but certainly the most artistic perform ance, amongst the male parts, was the Apothecary of Mr. It, Cathcart. The tragedy is to be repeated alternately with Mr. Westland Marston's successful comedy, "Donna Diana," in which Mr. and Mrs. Vezin appear. THE KING OP WURTEMBURG has given Stntt gardt a zoological gardens and acclimatisation garden, and a grant of £12,500. A LUXURIOUS RAILWAT CARRIAGE.—The Great Eastern Railway Company have just built a magnificent carriage for the use of the Prince and Prince:43 of Walla in journeying to and from Sandringham, The interior is divided into three compartments—ante-room, saloon, and sitting-room. Ths length of the saloon, which is the cen tral compartment of the carriage, is 12 feet 6 inches, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] GENERAL GARIBALDI. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, 10.30. A.M. Mr. Norrington, Mayor of Plymouth, and the Deputation, have gone down to Penquite to present the Address from the inhabite.nts to Garibaldi. The presentation will take plar.T at 1 o'clock, by appointment of the General. Established 1837. BRITANN I I P A . LIFE tr AS t SBURkALNCaE CONIPANY on. I+:mpowered by:Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet. cap. 9. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. BONNE'VS SILKS A LYON. --Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor the or ' manu facturer, and the more perfec t the production grater i 3 the credit which attac hes to the oric,,inatodentifica r. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of i tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex potscd by the very trade mark of the t-street firm, as exhibited by 3lcssrs. JAY, of Reg en. The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon e a Injurieux." Wear guaranteed. 'RO YAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. ;from this time until the end of the season there will he four merit nights n i each week, viz., every Monday, Tuesday, T h urs day, and s at:irday. This Evening (Tuesday), April .2J, will be performed (for the second time these two years', Verdi's opera, UN BA L LO MASCITERA. Amelia, Mdlie. Fricci ; Ulrica, Mdlle. Tati, her second appiarance in England Oscar, 31cifie. Marie Battu ; Renato. Signor Graziani ; Armando, igno.r Tagliafico ; Angri, Signor Catwoni ; Silvana, Signor Fal.ar ; 11 uiudice, Signor Rossi ; and it Duca, signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The incidental Divertissement wi 1 be supported by 31d1:e Silvoni and M. Desplaces. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre rta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; am ,ihitheatre. 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at t;i , box-offic., under the portico of the theatre, which is open .;rom ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarn;ns'. THEATRE ROYAL D RUR Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and 1. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a scene from TWELFTH Alter which, will be produced the Grand Stage Revival of Shakspere's Chronicle or Historical Play, entitled the First Part of HENRY THE FOURTH. The cast will include impersonations by those eming_tt irtists, Mr. PHELPS, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. Addisori, Mr. Ryder, Mr. 1 - cobert Roxby, Mr. .Barrett, Mr. E Phelps, Mr. Rayner : Mr. 11. Vandenhoff, Mr, 6 Belmore, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. Fitzjames, Mr. Neville ; Miss Edith Wynne, M ss It, se Leclercq, end Mrs. Edmund Fal coner, supported by all the Members of the Drury-lane Ccm pany. To conclude with AN APRIL FOOL. Mr. G. Belmore. /11HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- .. K. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. To-Morrow Evening, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL., Messrs. Howe, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Compton, Farren, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Fitzwilliam, Snow den, &e. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Win. Farren, Coe. &c. ; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden, Nellyi"ower, Hill, Wright, Rogers, Sic. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. Messrs. Vining, Hermann Vezin, Nelson, D. Fisher, Ltc.; Mesdames Hermann Nezin, C. Carson, &c Atter which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brothers Webb. To conclude with DRAWING-ROOMS, SECOND FLOOR, AND ATTICS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Pechter. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE DAY AFTER THE FAIR: Messrs. Widdi combe, Garden, Moreland, and Miss E. Lavenu. After which, Mr. John Brougham's Original Comedy, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Messrs. J. Brou,;:tam, Eme.y, Widdicomb, J. G. Shore ; Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Henrace, Miss P. Leclercq ; d rs. Winstanley. Doors open at 7, commence at halt-past. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Solo Prooriotor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS:EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE: Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. Af er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billington, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Billinp.jon. . _ _ _ _ To conclude with T FIE AREA BELLE : Slessrs. J. L. Toole, p. Bediord, tt. Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. Commence at 7. mISS BATEMAN.-L E A 1-1.-THI EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish madden until further notice. In order to give due effect to tais most remarkable sums% of the season, eatireiy new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. !Janson and sons, and Thompson. New dress and appo'ntments have betn prepared for its production.—N. 8. In consequence of the stressing and numerous applications a , the Box-office, ar ingements have now been Wade by which Seats m,y be ob tained a Fortnight in Advance. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENTNG, MY PRESERVER. After which, the Ea'cony Scene from ROMEO AND JULIET. 311,ses Swanborough and Wilton. Followed by the Fifth Act of MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Concluding with the Great Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton ; ales dames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Commence at 7. ItOYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of DEr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The greatly successful new Comedy every Evening. - First wLek of a new sensation Farce.—Mr. J. Clarke. Amongst the artists engaged will he found the popular wines of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle.. Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Pnul Redford, Mr. J. Robinson, Mr, Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Char es Mathews, Miss Thrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, and Mrs. btir.ing. EVERY EVENING, at 7, a Farce, with a new sensation, called aHAKE HANDS: Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Johnstone ; Miss Fanny Josephs and Miss Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the successful new Comedy, by L. Buckingham, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LIN [MI: Mr. t.harles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley. Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mrs. Stirling. After which, at 10, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with UNDER THE ROSE : Mr. Ashley and Miss A. Cottrell. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 2Bs. per ton. Double 2ls. per ton. Top 255. „ Nut 5........ l9s. „ Deep 22d. Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, south Wharf, Paddington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," JIL Containing; the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, /an be had Every Evening of G. R. GLMNIE, NEwS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, April 26, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 5B Barometer-29.60. Wind—N.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy, HIGH. WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. — Morrilag, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. Om. TO-NOB.Row.-Morning, s'n. 2 1rn.—Afternoon, sh. 20m. &` TUE SUN, LONDON, - TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1864. THE CONFERENCE. The Memorial Diplomatique and the other Paris papers give the following as the basis for delibera sion which Austria, Prussia, and the German Con federation propose to bring forward at the Con ference now sitting ; " Integrity of the Danish Monarchy ; " Political and adroiniBtrativo autonomy of the Duchies ; " Maintenance of their union in one single State (nexus socialis); " Rendsburg to be made a German Federal fortress as a guarantee for the autonomy and in divisibility.of the Duchies." THE WAR IN DENMARK. BERLIN, April 25. Yesterday at 12.45 a.m., an engagement took place off the coast of Rugen Island, within view of the Post-house of Wittow, between a Prussian gun boat and the DaDiStl ironclad frigate Fordenakiold. The Danish frigate sailed off, pursued by nine slow sailing Prussian boats, which failed to over. take her. The For denskiold was, however, subsequently overtaken by the Grille and set on E:e, but the Danes succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The Minister of Public Worsidip has sent Privy Councillor Stiehl to Schleswig to inquire into the condition and wants of the school system in that Duchy. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, APRIL 25. The Chamber, after having passed this month all the bills presented by the Government, and recently given the latter a vote of confidence-- to-day passed a vote of censure upon the Govern ment for the introduction of a rural bill rendering all the peasants landed proprietors. FRANCE. BOURSE, April 9.s.—The market has been very heavy, and prices show a slight decline, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66f. 90e. Mobilier has receded to 1,190 f. Railway Market quiet, but with prices pretty well maintained. The market closed as follows 41 per Cent 5.,,,,,, 94 Italian Loan 63 50 Do. end month.... Do. end month..., 63 70 3 per Cents ...... 66 85 New ditto Do. end month.... 66 85 Do. end month — Credit Mobilier....llBs Russian Do. end m0nth....1185 Austrian Bank Shares ...... 3400 Spanish Threes. Credit Fonder ....1270 Dome Debt ....., 491 Roman .......... 76 50 Deferred IL wAYI. Cash. Account. 886 25 ~ 890 972 50 .. 975 946 2.5 .. 947 50 895 Orlearm Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard ........ North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 667 50 667 50 502 50 505 - 453 75 .. 485 - 372 50 .. 3EB 75 417 50 416 25 555 - 558 75 490 - .. 492 50 575 - 575 - LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, IN BB DOBSON. This bankrupt had carried on a very extensive business as a lime merchant in Great St. Helen's and Kingston-on- Hull, against whom a petition in bankruptcy was filed a short time since, but the creditors afterwards passed a re solution to wind up the affairs out of court. An application was now made for an order for the bankrupt to furnish cer tain accounts to enable the trustees to carry out the object, and tha bankrupt consenting the order was made. RE ROBINS AND PRIEST.' Mr. Commissioner Fane was occupied hearing further evidence in the case of these bankrupts, auctioneers in St. Martin's lane, and the case was proceeding. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. THAMES. A SAVAGE,—SamueI Wells, a lightorman, was brought before Mr. Ptget, charged with violently and cruelly assaulting Sarah Wells, his wife, and Sarah Cashon, her mother. The prisoner has b2en married to his wife 13 months. They cohabited with each other before marriage, and have one child nine month's old. The prisoner is very jealous of his wife, and, like all jealous men, had accused her o infidelity and other offences of which she was entirely innocent. Ile beat her and blackened her eyes six weeks after the birth of his child. He had beaten her on other occasions. ll' was in the practice of calling her very hard names, of threatening her, and being very tyrannical towards her. He came home last night, and after a good deal of abuse and bad language, he beat his wif e and struck her on the head with his clenched fist. Airs Cashon, her mother, went to her assistance, and the brutal ruffian kicked her on the stomach and then seized her arm and twisted it. The poor woman was put to great pain and inconvenience, and c omplained of the pain she was enduring 6hile giving her evidence. The wife sup ported herself and child, and wanted no assistance from her husband. Botlt women declared their lives were in danger. Mr Paget sail the prisoner had been guilty of great vio lence and brutality to his wife and mother-in-law, and was not fit to be at large. lie sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. riARKE T S —This Day. HAY MARK ZTS. Smunrintn,—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 153 Od; and straw, £1 5s to £1 12s per load, Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—MemIow hay, £3 Os to £llss Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15i Ocl ; and straw, £1 Si to £1 15s per load. A steady demand. Wilmot-um —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15i ; clover £4 Os to £5 16 Od ; and s t ra w, £1 63 to £1 15s per load, Supply moderate. COLONIAL. Trl.—Business has been moderately active, and good and fine qualities have fully sustained former rates. SUGAR.—The market has remained rather dull, although full prices are cArrent In good grocery descriptions. In the refined there is very little change to report. COFFEE,--TI .e has b een a very limited inquiry f or colonial, west instances a s h a d e flatter. and ' t uotations are RlcE.—OnlY a limited amount of business has been re ported at about late rates. TA LLow. — Bksiness has been very dull, and owing to the large stocks on hand prices have exhibited a downward tendency. P.Y.,C on the spot is quoted 40$ to 40s 3d, and for Lest three months' 43s GI per cwt. Oar. ••••• • , . r. 1.4111 COAL MARKET. Prlees of Coal per Ton at tne close of the market. a. d. Eden Main .....17 6 Hastings Hartley .16 9 Holyw e n 17 9 Cowpen Hartley, l6 9 North Pelton Gas 13 0 Walker Primrose 13 0 Walls Encl. a. d, Valls bad. East Hartlepool .20 0 lletton l9 9 Harton .. 17 6 Riddell e .17 6 ships at Lnarke Hough Hall South Kelloe 18 6 qaswell Framwellgate ...17 6 South Hetton 20 0 Stewart's 19 6 Caradoc l9 6 Cassop Hartlepool 20 0 Tunstall Braddyll's Hetton 18 3 ,t, 69; sold, 44. The American papers announce the death of Mr. W. 1). Ticknor, the well know Boston publisher. A young Irishman, named Waters, was shot dead in the streets of Now York, the other day, while attempting to desert. AMERICAN FUNERAL.—An American paper gives au account of the funeral of the wife of General Beauregard, and says :—" After Catholic service at the house, the Lody was to be carried to the family tomb of the Des London, on their plantation, some 30 miles above New Orleans. When the coffin was placed on the magnificent funeral car, the procession was formed of women. It was a mile long. Not a carriage was allowed, and the first ladies in New Orleans walked in procession to the boat. They were the very elite of the city. There was scarcely a man in the procession —there wcro many present, but they walked apart," LITERATURE, George Meredith's New Work, Emilia in England. By George Meredith. Three vols. Chapman and All. "Emilia in England" is a book to be read with a relish. It is flavoured with the salt of wit. It is the work of a true Artiet, and—better still than that, according to our notion of things—it is the work of a genuine and delightful Humorist. For, very cordially indeed do we go with our author himself where he insists—he is descant ing at the moment upon The Pitfall of Senti ment—that man is, par excellence, the Laughing Animal : "and," says he, "at the end of en infinite search, the philospher finds himself clinging to laughter as the best of human fruit, purely human, and sane, and comforting." Nay, we are fain to continue our (potation with a very especiahappEcetion of the writer's own words to himself. " So, let us be cordially thankful to those [George Meredith is assuredly one of them] who furnish matter for sound, embracing laughter." It is some few years ago, Inge, since the writer of these three volumes P ont took our admiration by storm wish a ':etirst of this very laughter—sound andemb:acing—purely human, and sane , an d com fort. ag. This, namely, was when he made his first appearance as a Humorist, bearing in his hand the strangest, wildest, most fantastic apologue that surely mortal man ever conceived, to wit, " The Shaving of Shagpat"—hight an Arabian (cer tainly, judging from our own experiences, a tho roughly English) Entertainment. Since then the author of that " Shaving of Shagpat" has made more signal and conspicuous advances in the cultivation of w hat is, at once, his rare art and his rare gift as a Humorist then even his most sanguine, or rather, it should rather be said, his most confiding appre ciators could at the outset have anticipated. His audience, probably, even now, is rather select than wide—but it will widen! As surely, indeed, as his own human sympathies and, for that matter also, his own highly cultivated intellectual powers, have all this while been widening into a fuller and more perfect mastery over his art as a Novelist. Among the most original writers of fiction in our time—an age, too, notable for its great novelists—Mr, Meredith, though we believe one of the youngest, certainly one of the latest corners amongst them, has already assumed to himself a distinguished position—one that, estimated by the mere rate of its advaice, ap pears t'h be securing for him the certainty of a per blenent reputation in our literature. Among oar younger writers we know not anyone who applies himself to the cultivation and development of his powers more thoroughly or, we might even say it, more conscientiously. As yet, each work of his has been an improvement upon its predecessor. And that of itself, surely, is something. That of itself is an attestation that the anthor, in his character as an Artist, is perpetually bent upon applying his powers to the utmost possible advantage—so writing throughout that he, himself, is manifestly the most fastidious of his critics. Stage by stage in the onward progress of his career as Novelist, he has so unmistakably risen, by steadily pursuing the road he, himself, at the outset deli• berately selected as the one he would traverse by preference, that at each pause, so to speak, two indications of the ascent are distinctiy appre ciable—a purer atmosphere is breathed, and the horizon is enlarged. Three by three, Mr. Meredith has already in a very few years contributed nine volumes to our imaginative literature. And nine volumes, not merely of story, bat of literature. "The Ordeal of Richard Feverell" was, after its fashion, as much of an advance upon "The Shaving of Shagpat" as the history of the Ordeal itself was surpassed in human scope, so to speak, and diversity of character by the record of the adventures (in search of a position) experienced by Evan Harring ton, or rather, by Evan's three aspiring sisters, the most aspiring amongst them all being that won derful creature, the Countess. Here, again, in his new work of fiction, " Emilia in England," Mr. Meredith appears to us to have advanced far beyond the position he assumed as the writer of Evan Herrington." Strangely enough, as in that novel, Three Sisters, though none of them the Heroine of the tale, are conspicuous among the foremost of the female characters introduced. Three sisters, they are, moreover, who, like those of Evau Harrington, are yearning body and soul to rise in life —that is, in social position. Otherwise, however, the two works are as entirely different as can well be im agined. Emilia Belloni—in some respects the most admirable creature of George Meredith's imagina tion—is as far beyond Ruse Jocelyn, as a heroine as the book itself, " Emilia in England," as a work of art, surpasses " Evan Harington. 4 Here, in "Emilia in England," the Misses Pole are the three sisters—Pole, Polar, and North Pole, as they are not unwilling themselves to be designated— Pole, Polony, and Maypole, as they are cruelly dubbed to their exceeOing anguish by those vexa tious neighbours of theirs, the Tinsleys—horrid vulgarians ! They, the Poles, that is, are the daughters of a City of London Merchant, about whose solvency the reader is kept in doubt— sometimes even (in the very crises of the story) in a very agony of doubt—throughout the narrative. Wilfrid, the only son of this Merchant-Prince, or Merchant... Beggar (we hardly know which it is to be until the very end), is the Young Lover of the story—the lover, that is, of Emilia Belloni, the Emilia who is in England. He is the lover also of Lady Charlotte, In other words, he is, all through the work, a sort of “ young Macheath of a Guards man —and you fee], alternately, as you read about his lovOis and bewilderments, "how happy could he be with either, were t'other dear charmer away," Now protesting his passion for Emilia, now for Lady Charlotte. As to his sisters, again —each of them has a story, a love-story or a flirtation of her own, Cornelia, Arabella, and Adele. A sentimental Baro net is refrigerated by the first of them (the North Pole) into suicide. The other two find their coquet ries terminate without even the questionable result in either instance, of a long engagement. The broader fun of the story is derived from the ape pearances put in, every now and then, all through the three volumes by a Greek lunatic about music, one Mr. Pericles, and a wonderful Irish widow (the broad comedy of the book), one Mrs. Chump. A good-natured, fat, vulgar specimen of a genuine Celtic parvenu, talking (so capitally !) not simply Irish, but as Adele wickedly exclaims, in an agony of shame Irish steeped in brine— pickled Irish! Here is a momentary glimpse of the bitter anguish of suppressed laughter that poor little Mrs. Lupin (who is 0116:fled with an intense sense of the ludicrous) is subjected to (before company) by the absurdities of Mrs. Chump and her stupendous dialect ! " The poor lady was affected so keenly that, in instances where one of her sex and position in the social scale is bound to perish rather than let even the shadow of a laugh appear, or any sign of fleshly perception or sympathy peep out, she was seen to be mutely, shockingly, penitentially convulsed—a degrading sight." Excellent is the covert drollery dexterously kept up by our author all through the work, like a very flattering shuttlecock of ridicule, about the Nice Feelings and the Fine Shades. His affected alter cation, too, with that other (inner) self of hie, The Philosopher,is in its waya something quite inimitable! But, as exemplars of George Meredith at his very best as a Humorist, commend us to those glorious, side-splitting delineations by him of the beery olubmen down at Brookfield—to his delightful re port of Tom Breaks' effort at oratory—to his report of Tom's strenuous but futile attempt to lug in by the head and shoulders the application of the apologue of the Bundle of Sticks, or finally to his Homeric account of Tom's having led on against him and his followers, later on, upon that same day, of the rival clubmen, those irate clubmen, who sally forth to indulge the foe with a tastetof music to the tune, as one of them comically puts it, of "whack fol 10l !" Mr. Meredith, too, is wonderfully worth while listening to when he is gravely descanting upon the Virtues Residing in a Tail Coat, or indulg ing in a philosophical disquisition upon the diverse modes of wearing a hat ! Some, at least, among these most exhilarating indications of his rare powers as a humorist, we must needs transfer to our columns, if only as a whiff of the laughing gas here stored up in as marvellous abundance, considering the narrowness of the space, as even the bulk of the Geni who was stowed away in the brass pot fished up out of the great deep by the Arabian fisherman. Here then is a fragment of the record preserved to:us by Mr. Meredith :in regard to — Tom Breeks stuck in the mud with the Bundle of Sticks I A cry of "Bundle o' sticks, Tom Weeks. Don't let slip 'bout bundle o' sticks," pulled spokesman up short. Ho turned hurriedly to say, "All right," and inflated hie chest to do justice to the illustration of the faggots of Xsop! but Mr. Torn Breeks had either taken In too much air, or the ale that had hitherto successfully prompted him was antipathetic to the nice delicacy of an apologue; for now his arm began to work and his forehead had to be mopped, and ho lashed the words "Union and Harmony" right and left, until, coming on a sentence that sounded in his ears like the close of his speech, he stared ahead, with a Rios idea that ho had missed a point. "Bundle o' sticks," lustily shouted, revived his apprehensicn: but the sole effect was to make him 'ook on the ground and lift his hat on the point of a perplexed finger. He could not conceive how the bundle of sticks was to be brought in now ; or what to say concerning them. Union and Harmony : what more could be said ? Mr. Tom Breeks tried a re monstrance with his backers. He declared to them that he had finished, and had brought in the Bundle. They replied that they had not heard it; that the Bundle was the foundation-sentiment of the Club; the first sentiment after the Crown ; and that he must go on till the Bundle had been brought in. Hereat, the unhappy man faced Squire Pole again. It was too abject a position for an gnglish man to endure. Torn Breeks cast his hat to earth. " I'm dashed if I can bring in the Bundle I" Hardly anyone who his n't read the the context can conjecture the fun there is, moreover—the rare, bright-eyed fun sunning every syllable of the fol lowing record by our novelist of the way in which the rival club carry off, with cheers, and a march, and an impromptu parody, the sense of having been outwitted by Tom B reeks and his fellows: out witte that is in obtaining largess (otherwise beer money) from Mr.-Pole on the lawn at Brookfield. Uncon scious of having been anticicipated or forestalled— Their case was stated : whereupon Mr. Pole told them that he had just been " milked," and regretted it, but re quested them to see that he could not possibly be equal to any second proceeding of the sort. On their turning to consult together, he advised them to bear it with fortitude. " All right, sit 1" they said : and a voice from the ranks informed him that their word was " Jolly." Then a signal was given, and these indomitable fellows cheered the lord of Brookfield se lustily as if they had accomplished the feat of milking him twice in an hour. Their lively hurrahs set him blinking in extreme discomposure of spirit, and he was fumbling at his pocket, when the drum a little precipitately thumped : the ranks fell into order, and the departure was led by the tune of the "King of the Cannibal Islands :" a tune that is certain to create a chorus on the march. On this occasion, the line : " Oh I didn't you know you were done, sir I" became general at the winding up of the tune. Boys with their elders frisked as they chimed it, casting an emphasis of infinite relish on the declaration " done ;" as if they de lighted in applying it to Mr. Pole, though at their own expense. Soon a verse grew up : " We march'd and call'd on Mister Pole, Who hadn't a penny, upon his soul, For Ipley came and took the whole, And didn't you know you were done, sir 1" I need not point out to the sagacious that Bil Ford and not Mr. Pole had been " done ;" but this was the genius of, the men who transferred the opprobrium to him. Never theless, though their manner of welcoming misfortune was such, I, knowing that there is not a deadlier animal than a "done" Briton, have shudders for Ipley. Apart from the delightful atmosphere breathed through the whole story—its pervading atmo spere, tint is of the racily, refreshingly, hilariously, genially, irresistibly humorous—the tale has many subtle beauties of its own that will cause " Emilia in England" to live long in its reader's recollection. Emilia's one rare and priceless gift, her Voice, is therein for one thing most exquisitely celebrated. And so for that mat ter, in the third volume, is her ripened beauty, more especially where she is described as perfecting that loveliness of hers by donning the purple velvet dress in which the natural glory of her beauty became yet further glorified by art! We commend the portraiture of her in that dress to some one among our Master Painters, to some one amongst them, that is, who has a subtler sense than the rest of consummate Beauty whether of Colour, Form, or Expression. It is suggestive of a com• panion picture to the late Augustus Egg's glowing delineation of Esmond girded with the scarf by the Beatrix of Thackeray. As we close " Emilia in England—the last volume of which appears to us, by the way, wonderfully inferior i❑ every respect (among other things, for example, in the construction of the plot and in the very style of the writing) to both the first or the second—as we close the book we count upon a sequel to it. By the whole con struction of the story, indeed, we cannot but think that a sequel to it is, we might even go so far as to say, just absolutely necessitated. And we cer tainly shall look for that sequel at the hands of Mr. Meredith. During the last few days there has not been much animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugar, however, has fully aupporeed previous prices; coffee, on the other hand, has been at rather lower rates, owing to the large arrivals. In rice, fruit, and spices, there has been an average amount of business reported, without any material change in prices, while in tallow business has been inactive, and quotations for both present and for ward delivery show a downward tendency. The demand for monetary accommodation has been slightly increased to-day by the arrangements in preparation for the approaching settlement at the Stock Exchange. The supply of floc' ng capital in the open market iy, however, well maintained, and the rates therefore continue at 6i per cent. for the negotiation of the best short dated securities. About 60,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for transmission to Alexandria. TOM BROWN FOR FINSBURY.—We understand that a number of the electors of Finsbury, a borough which will be vacated by Sir Morton Peto's retire ment, have requested Mr. Hughes to stand on the Liberal side. if the statement is true it will bo the most creditable thing the borough has done for years, for 'Mr. Hughes will neither job for the electors, tatter them, nor swallow their pledges. He is a strong Liberal, or rather Radical—one of those who think that our next business is to fight pauperism, and a man with a real care for the working classes. if Finsbury has the intelligence to accept such a nomination, and send " Tom Brown" to Parliament, it will have done at least something to wards making educated men believe that big boroughs know how to choose represen tatives.—Spectator. On the morning of the deporture of the Emperor and Empress of Mexico from Rome, the Pope con ferred on the latter the Grand Cross of the Order of Pius IX. The Emperor gave the Mexican Order of Notre-Dame de Guadelupe to General de Monte bello. The Emperor has received a letter from the Queen of Spain, notifying the death of her nephew, the infante Don Felipe Ramon-Marie, eon of the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier. TRIALS ON CHARGES OF MURDER AT GLASGOW.•-- On Saturday, at the Glasgow Circuit Court, Lord Deas presiding, an Irishman named John Riley was charged with murder. It appeared that on the night of Monday, the 17th December last, on the Biggar-road, in the parish of Bothwell, the prisoner assaulted Nancy Stevens, or Laffy wife of Thomas Laffy, collier, residing at Legbrannock, in the parish of Bothwell, and with a wooden stake or stone, struck her a number of severe blows on the head, face, neck, chest, hands, and arms, and threw her on the gr ound and kicked her with his feet. He then thrust a piece of wood several times into her person. She died in conse quence of her injuries. The prisoner, in a firm voice, pleaded not guilty, and a jury being empanuelled the case went to trial. The prisoner was defended by Mr. C. T. Couper and Mr. Crawford. After a trial which lasted from 10 in the forenoon till about 10 minutes past one on Sunday morning, the jury returned with a verdict finding by a majority the prisoner guilty as charged. Sentence was delayed. At the same court, on Saturday, Lord Neaves presiding, a joiner named Peter Blair was accused of murder. On Tuesday, Feb. 23 last, in Maitland-street, Cowcaddens, he assaulted Jessie Noble, or Gordon, or Blair, then residing with him in Dubbie's Loan, and with a knife stabbed her on the left side of her neck and right shoulder; she was mortally wounded, and imme diately, or soon thereafter, died. The prisoner, who pleaded Not Guilty, was defended by Thos. Watson, sen., and Mr. Wm. Inglis, jun. After a lengthened trial the jury re , turned a verdict unanimously ladin g the prisoner guilty of culpable homicide, and he was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude. _ • , ./A 4 ( 1 )01i rt DIE HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE ; April 25. The Queen walked end drove in the grounds this morning. To-day is the birthday of her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse. The Earl of Clarendon has returned to London. - • The Duks and Duchess of Northumberland have deferred their departure fromAlnwick Castle, Northtchet" land, for a few days in consequence of the noble duke baying been suddenly taken by an at tack of gout. Toe Duke Bud Duchess of Argyll arrived at their villa at Campden-hill yesterday from visiting th e Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland at Cliefden, near Naidew head, The Duchess of Somerset and Lady Somerset arrived at the First Lord's official reside nce at the Admiralty yesterday afternoon from Bulstroeie par Bucks. a_ wen deli ° The Duchess of Sutherland returned toScitivffsg Stafford House last evening from Cliefden, the Duchess m of Sutherland's seat, near Maidenhead. Yesterday evening Baron de Biegelben, the rr presentative of Austria, arrived at Claridge's Hotel, in o rder to attend the Conference. The Earl and Countess of Erne have arrived ig Eaton-square from the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Gosford entertained at dinner on Friday, the 22d inst., Lady Charlotte Bentse n ' Countess of Tankerville, Earl and Countess of Leicester, Ladies Coke (2), Hon. Miss Ellis, Marquis of °monde, Earl of Tyrone, Viscount Powerscourt, Lord Kensington' the Hon. Lieut.-General Ashburnham, the Hon. Charles Clements, &c. Her ladyship received a small party aft er dinner. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough b as t arrived in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, from their a ce " Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire. Viscountess Palmerston will have a reception ell Saturday evening next at Cambridge House. Viscount and Viscountess Castleroase and fami l f have arrived at Eaton-place for the season. Lord and Lady Tredegar have arrived at thei r residence in Portman-square from Tredegar Per k ' Monmouthshire. Lord Houghton has returned to London from tour in Northern Italy. Lady Macdonald Lockhart and family have e t. rived in Grosvenor-crescent from Lee Ca stle ' Lanark, N.B. Mr. and Lady Mary Craven have left Thoree s' ' i Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Newmarket. Sir Francis end Lady Stapleton and the Mies ° Stapleton have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley' square. Sir George and Lady Jenkinson have arrived at 44, Bryanston-square, from their seat, EastwO ri. park, Gloucestershire. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ezil le : quer and Mrs. W. E. Gladstone returned to thei r residence on Carlton-house-terrace, yesterday O re ; noon, from staying during the visit of Gener a l Garibaldi at the Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherlan d's seat, Ciiefden, near Maidenhead. THE PRINCESS LOUISE OF IVIED died at Neul jea on the 18th, at, the advanced age of ninety-two I THE EX-PREMIER, THE EARL OF DERBY, N' al was, on Saturday last, elected President of the Royal C° l3/ : mission for the Exhibition of 1851, in place of the la ° Prince Consort. THE MARQUIS OF EXETER, on the 19th of 'MO will entertain 1,000 volunteers of Northampton, at Burgh ley Park. Mr. Alfred Wigan as Hamlet, The Liverpool Daily Post publishes the folio ivisg W criticism on Mr. Wigan's impersonation of O let at the Prinee of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool , °li Friday night—‘‘ While Mr. Wigan's Hamlet ro ust i necessarily, like all others, fall short of one's id eal ' there are scarcely any that can contest the P al l with it. It was once said by a clever period ic ' critic in the New York Vanity Fair' that to P lB / comedy well a man should be a tragedian. t, b n e saying seems a paradox, but it is no t f ar from t "'; truth; and as a companion to it, we assert wicbt qualification that no mere tragedian c an touch part of Hamlet, and that an excellent comedian 1169 some of the prime essentials for distinction in it. Hamlet is the glass of fashion and the mould of fur l3l ; He is pleasant with those before whom he does 0° affect madness, and jocose even with those wi1 °113 . 6 he would deceive into thinking him insane. IP s'gnificantly respectful to his stepfather, sincerel tender to his mother. Even the poor players 0 0 in him a cheerful and chatty friend, and even lb it sneakishness of Rosencrantz and Guildenstein not provoke him unto unkindness towards till' How great then is the necessity for the light ° l softest acting, replete with the genuine spirit 11 0 tact of comedy and mobile in the utmost degree 'f give expression to the constantly varying detai ls 0 0 the text. Such an actor is Mr. A'fred IVs~' li t and all the less serious passages of the play er e up by his lively, gay, and brilliant idiosyncr ssi i; But this, though an important element in /1 . 0 impersonation, is, after all, a mere fringe to 1 0 - for the essence of Hamlet is, of course, his g fe e . sorrow and his overmastering impulse of venge. Whatever may be his passing ocec•e r don or subject of converse at the mention. ° thought of his father's death, he must besome e f; cited to the verge of losing self-control ; and , o f course, the more exciting incidents of the plat necessity plunge him into almost limitless tre f l te Here, then, we perceive two requirements for actor of Hamlet almost equally imperative. I e,,, ° 110 Mr. Wigan is not yet what he might be. 00 other he possesses more remarkably than per.13913`0 any other Hamlet. At the close of the piet ll3 c o exhibited. a free abandon of grief which would 136 i0 raised the soliloquy in the second act very tou ill; al our opinion, but as a rule the tumultously emoi - 14 11 0; passages were not given with sufficient power. P es the more subtle effects of voice and face in pass °g oo . less directly concerning his father's death and it ° if , sequences were produced with a vigour, an into' 51 t o and a thrillingness which we do not renaenahl f o to have seen equalled. In the middle of another pet s ° lt g speech some far - off allusion would suffice to V i o l into Mr. Wigan's face an expression of won , 3 er • agony and perplexity, and the modifications ~f o f voice and accentuation under various degra i s o y mental suffering are exceedingly fine. We wil l ; f it enter into details. With this key to the s Y •if s si of the performance our readers may ° - ,, t be obtain by glancing at the play a fair idea 0 . ' ou t, manner in which each portion of it was carrie d I p 's The fifth act was a noble culmination. Mr.li r il ri a fencing was splendid, and his visible 0 01 ' 0 01 from his wound, and the various details of hiss bet conversation with those about him, contained -tot we consider a welc]me importation froto. s a French school of melodrama in which Mr. neth er has long been a celebrated licentiate . Alt o k his Hamlet is exceedingly fine and powerfu l ' that on the first attempt he should atta in suc h high point of excellence is proof bow thor o , o master he is of everything connected with his 6 evening last, at the Red Lion, 1041. 1 , -°l3' Saturday FOUND DROWNED.—An inquest was hel d : u Leominster, before Mr. Lanwarne coroner, pon t lic :" London. From what transpired before ' o re f a N d lr James Skeggs, of No. 3, Sur ' rey-pla er ce u Wa uelscc° ittilr appeared that the deceased, in th e c ore 9e with his w ife, leit London about three weeks or acommotanhy ,ouP 9ll t ',: isii to his father-in-law, Mr Speake, of month Is ° " -j o ile l; ha Shropshire.. On the evening of the sth of the present 91°- " lt t 5 was missed from Cheney, and on its being known present gold h a d about £lO in his possession, and also a handsome a watt;: h and chain, some fears were entertained that I le IP' d become' the victim of foul treatment. Bills were circula.te and a r 8 ward offered for any information respectinig,llo. The dismvery of a blue velvet cap upon the bank 0 1 0 river Lugg, about two tailcs below Leominster, and the same distance from the spot where the body of Count do N r Y t o z di was found fast year, led to the supposition that the b . might be in tie Lugg. Drags and boats were obtained, but all efforts were it nitless till Friday morning last. The roe_ then employed La dragging for the body were resting en Ford's bridge, wi)e,a looking in tbe direction ut th e Wa di they saw what appek red to be the body of a 11 1 '° . g erl ._, I iating down the strek m. It was at once identified o the body of Mr Skeggs. T 1 ere was found upon the body abou t £6 Jr £7 in gold and age ild watch and chain It bore marks of violence. There was no evidence produced beforo the coroner to show how deceased got in the tiler, 1 verdict was pronounced of ‘‘‘Found drowned,"